Control: retitle -1 RM: netkit-ftp -- RoQA; orphaned; upstream dead;
alternative available
Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
Control: block -1 by 1000825
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 16:09:36 +0200 Bastian Germann wrote:
ftp is unmaintained/non-existing upstream and the package seems to be unmaintained as well
(see related #986997). It should be removed in favour of tnftp (fully command-line
compatible) and tnftp should provide a package transition. Whoever wants to use the netkit
source can still install ftp-ssl.
If no one wants to adopt the package, I am going to file a RM bug in a month to enable
implementing that transition.
Hi,
As many of you may have noticed, Debian's default ftp client (netkit-ftp) is
dead upstream and
unmaintained in Debian for quite some time. I think that such a key package
deserves more
attention. There is a fully command-line compatible alternative package
available: tnftp.
This is battle tested by most (all?) BSD systems as their default ftp client.
I propose removing netkit-ftp and transitioning to tnftp as the new default ftp.
Please comment here if you want to suggest other alternatives or oppose this
change.
Please comment on #1000825 if you have comments on the transition
implementation.
There are already some open questions on that bug.
Thanks for your consideration,
Bastian
